sucrose

su·crose  (skrs)

n.

A crystalline disaccharide of fructose and glucose, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, found in many plants but extracted as ordinary sugar mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets, widely used as a sweetener or preservative and in the manufacture of plastics and soaps. Also called saccharose.

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[French sucre, sugar; see sucrase + -ose.]

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sucrose [ˈsjuːkrəʊz -krəʊs]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) the technical name for sugar [1]

[from French sucre sugar + -ose²]

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sucrose  (skrs)

A crystalline sugar found in many plants, especially sugar cane, sugar beets, and sugar maple. It is used widely as a sweetener. Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of fructose and glucose. Also called table sugar. Chemical formula: C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sucrose - a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent saccharose disaccharide - any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis brain sugar, galactose - a simple sugar found in lactose plant product - a product made from plant material

Translations

sucrose [ˈsuːkrəʊz] N → sucrosa f

sucrose [ˈsuːkrəʊs ˈsuːkrəʊz] n → saccharose m

sucrose

n → Sa(c)charose f, → pflanzlicher Zucker

sucrose [ˈsuːkrəʊz] n → saccarosio